The National - First Two Pages... & Laugh Track Album • Page 11

Just drop it

 

Great news about Weird Goodbyes - I know a lot of people around here liked it but it’s truly a bottom five National song for me.

 

No way they're dropping it when B&S is doing that this Friday.

 

From what I see, the attention towards B&S decreases yearly. So The National might just kill them at all.

 

Who or what is B&S am I being dumb

 

Nvm yes I was lol figured it out

 

I’m dumb what is it

 

Ball and socket

 

Or Belle and Sebastian, depends on the context

 

I missed being here since Foxing's Draw Down the Moon roll out lol

 

yup, instantly more optimistic about this record if that got cut. definition of going through the motions

 

One of the great bands of the last 15 years but imo they need a swing on this record.

 

It's kind of weird, because for me SWB was hugely refreshing after a run of albums that were starting to feel repetitive and I'm higher on IAETF than most here, but I agree. I think the Taylor albums are a big contributor - I haven't even listened to the BRM albums in full, but I'm pretty Dessnered out at this point after now 5 years of music from them that all feels pretty samey. Weird Goodbyes and High Infidelity are Dessner bros by the numbers and were kind of the straws that broke the camel's back for me. I'm looking forward to this record, but I'm really crossing my fingers that the majority of songs here don't feel musically interchangeable with SWB, or Folklore, etc

 

I’m kinda struggling with the band too, but it’s less the Dessners for me, it’s Matt’s lyrics and vocal delivery. Feel like the lyrics have become really saccharine or at times self-parody, and i feel like he always sounds tired when he sings. They were my absolute favorites for so long, and there are days where i think SWB is their best record, so I’ll definitely still check out anything they release. I just want to feel surprised by this band.

 

There were some big names on IAETF already, like I couldn't really hear Sharon Van Etten having a considerable vocal feature. Though here it's already on the tracklist, should mean more than background vocals.

WG was just ok, but I still might miss Bon Iver being on the record, just cause I like guest appearances hahh.

 

Im with this take....definitely a bit of saturation with their music since SWB

 

Exactly, SWB has been the last one that shook me in a good way. IAETF turned out a bit too vague for my taste.

 

it sounds like exactly what it is to me: a collection of songs that weren't good enough to be on SWB

 

IAETF not my fave but I do love the title track, "Quiet Light", "So Far So Fast" and "Not In Kansas". I don't think the hit/miss ratio is much different from the previous album tbh, it's just too damn long.

 

I hope the new record will have some raw sound, no overproducing. Because WG was surely overproduced. The Dessners' recent collaborations with TS backfired a lot.

 

“Weird goodbyes”? More like “weird…. I haven’t thought of that track since it dropped. Goodbye!”

 

Album of the year loading…

 

Blasphemy

 

I’m being prolly too difficult on the band. Even bad, they’re good. I just want them to sound energized. Luckily most of the new tracks weren’t piano-driven, so there’s that at least.

 

SWB rivals their best (TWFM) and IAETF is very good, even if it doesn't quite reach those heights